On April 3, 2013 Chilean newspaper La Nación reported that two Ecuadorians have recently been indicted in Arica on charges of human trafficking. Marcos Renteria and his brother Julio Valencia were arrested at the Chacalluta border crossing on Tuesday after attempting to smuggle 10 Ecuadorians posing as tourists into Chile. According to evidence presented in a formal indictment, the brothers conspired to recruit foreigners under the fraudulent promise of work. Read Article
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MOVING TO ECUADOR – ECUADOR REAL ESTATE Eluniverso.com reported that the commercial area of Montanita, municipality of Santa Elena, and has a new sewer system wastewater. For weeks there was a health crisis by the collapse of septic tanks. Several premises were connected to a network of underground and debris were thrown overboard. ECUADOR REAL […]
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An Indian attack against an Aboriginal clan in voluntary isolation in the Amazon occurred, left at least 18 dead, said Thursday the native leader Gilberto Nenquimo. “After consultation with a person who participated in the attack, I have information that there are 18 dead, men and older women without children also died,” said Nenquimo from […]
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Among Ecuadorian women, breast cancer is the leading cause of death with a rate of 35.4%, followed by skin cancer with 32%, according to a report by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The figures are higher in Quito, where eight out of 100 women, aged between 25 and 64, die for that cause, according […]
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lahora.com.ec reported that the true incidence of the express kidnapping in the city was evident yesterday when Alexander Vizuete, official Observatory Township Public Safety, reported that every day there are between 4 and 5 steals under this system. At a meeting held in the Convention Center with representatives Eugenio Espejo normal taxis, executive, peripherals and […]
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• Stores Tosi House, part of the Territorial Bank closed, were operated by the State, as announced by the Superintendent of Banks, Peter Solines. Agency officials came to trust the company that handled incautarla. The liquidator, Carlos Espinosa, is responsible for the seizure. Was guaranteed job security for employees. The retail chain could be sold […]
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salvalaselva.org …… reported that…With this purpose, the environmental organization founded DECOIN already twice stopped the intentions of government and transnational extractive mining as Japan’s Mitsubishi in 1997 and the Canadian Copper Mesa / Ascendant Copper in 2009. For many years, Rainforest Rescue accompanies Intag residents. With donations helped purchase and protect 3,000 hectares of mountain […]
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Online.wsj.com reported that-Banco Territorial S.A, the oldest bank in Ecuador, has entered a liquidation process one week after its operations were suspended, the banking regulator said late Tuesday. Pedro Solines, the country banking superintendent, told reporters that he has asked the Deposits Insurance Corporation, known as Cosede, to start returning insured deposits beginning next week […]
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This time, a group of Huaorani have attacked an uncontacted tribe, allegedly in retaliation for the murder of Ompore Omeway, 70 years old, and his wife, Buganei Cayga, 64, which occurred on March 4, done that Prosecutor investigates. The couple’s crime occurred in a path leading to the house of the victims, in a place […]
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Manta Ecuador (charter flight from Panama)-Eluniverso.com reported that Zaina Molina, representative of the travel agency that organized the tour, said that since Monday afternoon began to be delivered the suitcases. “The gauges are evaluating several passengers surplus to see how much they should pay taxes.” José Rites, Customs district director in Manta, said one person […]
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Eluniverso.com reported a sailor dead, three wounded and three civilians left missing an explosion yesterday afternoon in Mobile Guard Station Rio Cuyabeno, located about 800 meters offshore, opposite the parish Palma Real, San Lorenzo canton (Esmeraldas), in the border with Colombia, the Navy reported. Carlos Vallejo, chief of the National Directorate of Aquatic Spaces (DIRNEA), […]
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In the commune Loma Alta, an hour and a half of the province of Santa Elena, is a unit of the Ministry of Health to monitor the intoxicated that ingerieron water contaminated with feces from bats. The provincial health director himself Santa Elena, Fernando Vicuna, said the emergency was presented on Monday, and that the […]
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In that province there have been two cases of dengue fever have been confirmed by the authorities. Ecuavisa.com reported that Illness invades Beatriz Ordonez. She says she has three days up early for your child with symptoms of dengue are receiving care in the Maternal and Child Health Center of Santa Elena, but the absence […]
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elpais.com.co reported that troops of Task Force Pegasus assigned to Joint Command South West found in the department of Nariño, a cache with Ecuadorian manufacturing explosives belonging to the FARC’s 48th Front, said Monday the Army of Colombia festive. During an operation in the town of Ipiales, the military found a cache with 1900 bars […]
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Elcomercio.com reported…The case went to the Homicide Unit of the Judicial Police (PJ), but Condor says that “there is no progress with the investigations.” It is not the only case. After knowing the disappearances and deaths of women nationally, their families also spoke of slowness of police in the search for people who do not […]
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April 1, 2013 US Amusement Park company purchases 100,000 acres of land next to Cajas national park near Cuenca……………. In a sweeping move by a large Amusement Park operator based out of the United States, they have announced a purchase today of 100,000 thousand acres adjacent to the Cajas National Park near Cuenca Ecuador. The […]
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Elcomercio.com reported the following: Students are at increased risk of being robbed and assaulted in a number of school zones in Quito and environs. A number of methods are used by assailants to relieve students of their cell phones, smartphones, and tablets. Many thieves will be dressed as a student in a similar school uniform […]
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Five Men rob passengers of money, jewelry, cellphones between Quevedo and Santo Domingo. One woman sexually assaulted. Bus was en route from Guayaquil to Quito. Extra.ec reported that the interprovincial bus left the main harbor yesterday 13:45. Everything went normally. At 17:00 they were in Quevedo. At the bus station up seven passengers, all were […]
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Couple attempting to leave for Miami with 105,000 in hundred dollar bills hidden in their luggage Extra.ec reported that on Tuesday afternoon, Diego Fernando O., 56, Villamar Fabricio alternate councilor, was arrested by the Narcotics Police and the Unit against Money Laundering in the Mariscal Sucre airport as he tried to travel to Miami with […]
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Ecuador Military repelled shot and suspected members of the so-called illegal armed groups in Colombia (GIAC) located in a border area, a fact that no casualties among the soldiers, said the joint command of the armed forces. The agency said the soldiers “while performing operations Ecuadorian border protection in your jurisdiction, repelled with fire potential […]
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The Attorney General, in coordination with the Counter Narcotics Police, discovered last Saturday a shipment of Chancery allegedly contaminated with drugs. According to the official version of the attorney general, Galo Chiriboga, contamination of the drug, which is in the process of preliminary investigation, there was a burden that was handled by the Foreign Ministry […]
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According to the latest epidemiological bulletin, cases rose in the past two weeks, after which until last February 28 there were 1990 people infected by the virus. According to the latest epidemiological bulletin, cases rose in the past two weeks, after which until last February 28 there were 1990 people infected by the virus. The […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that hundreds of people of all ages line up from dawn to try to get a tank of cooking gas in different sectors of Imbabura and Carchi. They argue that for more than a fortnight dealers vehicles stopped walking neighborhoods and despite this, the authorities have not solved the problem.In Ibarra, for instance, […]
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Armed Forces personnel, through the various Operational Commands, won an important capture fuel and explosives during security operations carried out on Tuesday 19 March this year in several parts of the country. On the way to Tarapoa, Sucumbios province, members of the CO-1 “NORTH” made a raid on the premises of the company EQUISERCOM CIA. […]
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Washington Post – Opinion piece César Gaviria Trujillo is a former president of Colombia and past secretary general of the Organization of American States. A historic showdown set to occur at Friday’s meeting of the general assembly of the Organization of American States could determine the future of human rights protections throughout the Western Hemisphere. […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that an Ecuadorean boat arrested Monday in the Costa Rican Pacific carried a total of 470 kilos of cocaine, according to the final tally made by the authorities, said Tuesday the Ministry of Security. The drug has already been sent to San José in aerial surveillance aircraft, while the four arrested, two Costa […]
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Many victims suspect the burglaries are committed by individuals who worked in home. Numerous burlaries are home invasions with indivicuals posing as worker from official organization (Electric Company) Assailants often have names of occupants and identity numbers. Assailants are using various types of drugs to subdue victims. Elcomercio.com reported that according to statistics from Metropolitan […]
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Since yesterday morning, the doors were closed Territorial Bank. According to the Superintendency of Banks and Insurance (SBS), the reasons were liquidity and solvency problems dragged since 2009. Faces of concern and hastily changed the routine calls from customers of the financial institution, who learned of the cessation of operations of the entity in a […]
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The Bank Board issued a statement on March 18, which provides for the suspension of operations of the Land Bank, for “solvency and liquidity problems.” Then the statement posted on the website of the Superintendency of Banks: The Banking Board communicates to customers LAND BANK Banco Territorial SA: That in order to adequately protect public […]
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Andes.info.ec reported in a firm address, Patricio Barriga, representative of Ecuador in the hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States, denied with objective evidence the accusations by the non-governmental organization Fundamedios and by the Ecuadorian Association of Newspaper Editors (AEDEP, Spanish acronym) the alleged threats to the […]
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According to bna.bh, at least Sixteen people were killed and 25 injured after a passenger bus plunged into a river in Ecuador’s coastal province of Guayas, Ecuadorian daily La-Hora reported. According to the daily, the accident occurred in the early hours of Saturday on the El Triunfo-Bucay highway, when the bus suddenly crashed into a […]
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Santa Elena and Ruta del Spondylus / Home burglaries on increase first two months of 2013 Eluniverso.com reported that prosecution statistics reveal that in the first two months of 2013 were 85 burglaries, while in the same period last year occurred 68, reflecting an increase of 17 robberies. In the first week of March this […]
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Eluniverso.com erported about 18:00 on Saturday, technicians Guadalupe Observatory Geophysical Institute (IG) alerted the sharp increase of the activity of the Tungurahua volcano. Therefore, the Emerging Operations Committee (COE) Baths met in the evening to take action. Banos mayor and president of COE, José Luis Freire, reported that among the main resolutions were closing the […]
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cronica.com.ec reported that officials from the Commissariat of Hygiene discovered a clandestine slaughterhouse sector Zalapa Alto, had no operating license and hygiene and was closed. Without permission and under unsanitary conditions, personal hygiene Police Station Municipality of Loja detected illegal slaughterhouse and a pig farm at Alto Zalapa sector, animal waste directly affected the irrigation […]
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Hospital del Día Central Loja Security Increase after Robbery After the robbery to make a large criminal gang in the Day Hospital, where he led endoscopy equipment valued at about $ 80,000, security is extreme in the hospital. Officials checked clothes and handbags to users. Despite the inconvenience caused to members, want to prevent another […]
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Bananaleaks.co reported……Santiago Villa wins dispute against the president of Ecuador, who spent millions trying to censor the treasury sums documentary “Rafael Correa, Portrait of a father of the nation”. “As set out in the Copyright Act Digital Millennium, we have completed processing your appeal regarding your video. The content has been restored. Your account will […]
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BUY/SELL/RENT REAL ESTATE IN ECUADOR Eltiempo.com.ec reported that the main representatives of Construction Union, Xavier Pachacamac and Yadira Torres, were arrested on Tuesday night in one of its properties located in the Valley of the Chillos, on the outskirts of Quito, this was confirmed by William Aguaguiña, hundreds of lawyer families accuse the real estate […]
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Over 55 kilos of drugs were seized in three raids into port, south suburb. The first operation took place last weekend in the cooperative mz 3684 Santiago de Guayaquil. Staff said that after narcotics intelligence work was discovered in an apartment that kept 20,313 pounds of cocaine in 18 packages wrapped with packing tape. Uniformed […]
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He entered the houses that were erected nearby and left 20 families affected. The Operations Committee Emerging Pedernales toured the site this March 13 to see the damage. Victims were offered kits with mattresses, and supplies. While they are in the homes of relatives and neighbors. Rosa Cevallos, policy chief, said a technical group of […]
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nationalgeographic.com reported that Native officials and conservationists fear possible reprisals in eastern Ecuador following an attack by uncontacted tribesmen that killed two Waorani Indians last week. According to a preliminary investigation by officials from the Orellana Province public prosecutor’s office, the victims were speared to death last Tuesday morning while walking near their village of […]
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200 hundred bosses (homeowners) fined over two year period for not affiliating with IESS for domestic and or construction employees. . News eldiario.com.ec Domestic workers and construction workers are hardest hit. “Rosa” protected name, confessed that for more than two years working on a house, and has not been affiliated with the Insurance, reveals that […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Mero Fernando Sergio Davila, 31, thought he could enter without any problem at Social Rehabilitation Center for Women in Guayaquil, with several drugs hidden in bananas, but their plans did not work because I discovered penitenciaras guides. According to the police report, the prison held approximately reached the center at 15:00 to […]
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eluniverso.com reported that in an operation called Harp, made in Azuay and El Oro, the National Bureau of Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit managed the arrest of four persons, including the son of Joseph Vasquez Arcesio Marin, who is sentenced for trafficking. According to the police report, “the smuggler ‘had international contacts with traders in […]
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To April 15 next is planned starting date of operations of the Airline Cuencana (LAC), a private company based in the city and about two years ago began this effort. Have ready the Canadian aircraft CRJ700 Bombardier until next March 15 will remain in the workshops of Latacunga, for final checks. The next day we […]
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elmercurio.com reported that 3165 units are explosive material were recovered by the Armed Forces (Armed Forces), in an operation carried out last Wednesday morning, in the parish Canaribamba, Canton Santa Isabel. During the operation were seized: 1,324 tacos nitrate, 13 sacks of 50 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 1,301 sticks of dynamite, 167 units fulminant ten […]
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Eltiempo.com.ec reported that beginning March 11, 2013, flight schedules for LAN between Cuenca and Quito will change.The changed is prompted by the location of the new airport in Quito and will offer better service for passengers. Departure Hour Arrival Hour Quito 06:45 Cuenca 07:20 Cuenca 08:20 Quito 09:15 Quito 12:45 Cuenca 13:40 Cuenca 14:35 Quito […]
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Eluniverso.com reported “The Ecuadorian government, through the FAE, and efforts of the Embassy of Ecuador in Colombia sent a Boeing 727 bound for Cali (470 km southwest of Bogota), Ecuador immobilized to transport because of unemployment,” said the portfolio in a statement. The report said that “at least 41 Ecuadorians” were affected and were helped […]
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Cotopaxi International Airport Latacunga Ecuador The authorities and sectors expected to promote the use of Cotopaxi International Airport, located in Latacunga. The time it takes to travel from Quito Mariscal Sucre Airport in Tababela (1 hour 30 minutes) is the main argument for this purpose. This was explained Alberto Salvador, president of the Associated Chambers […]
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Ecuador remains in the list of countries not cooperating in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) (Acción Financiera Internacional (GAFI). The Attorney said in a statement that it will continue in that status “at least until the next meeting, in June 2013, and which will be […]
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mercopress.com reported, President Rafael Correa said he expects the regional groupings Alba and Unasur to meet urgently and address the “legal aberration” committed by a UN trade law arbitrage tribunal against Ecuador in a case involving US multinational Chevron and decades of environmental damages. “We urgently need Latinamerican unity to avoid the abuses of the […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that police seized 174 kilos of cocaine in Alamor-Arenillas, in the neighborhood of Canton Monte Huaico Puyango in Loja. A truck was stopped by police during the operation with plates from Pichincha. A double bottom on the floor of the truck revealed 101 packages of cocaine. Investigators believe the drug passed through the […]
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Along the border between Peru and Ecuador were detected 46 illegal crossings used by criminal gangs engaged in smuggling of arms, drugs and people, the minister warned Ecuadorian security coordinator, Homero Arellano. “To them should focus the armies of the two countries, together with the police, to support enforcement in those places,” he told Andina. […]
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Controlling prices of staples and avoid speculation when you are looking to sell is the Government, through Decree 1438. This pricing applies nationally to 46 products, including: flower rice, oats, beef bone, boneless, ground, pork bone, pork chop, pork ribs, whole chicken into pieces, milk, chicken eggs, 17 fruits and a similar number of plants, […]
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Cuenca. With 19 monitoring stations, the Municipal Mobility, OCSM, monitors air quality and the concentration of certain compounds such as carbon monoxide produced by vehicle traffic, settlable particles, remains volatile as gasoline, among others. These stations form the Network Monitoring Air Quality Basin. After a study of air emissions, conducted in 2009, identified 12 sources […]
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Cotacachi Ecuador- Over the last two months(January – February 2013), Montubio has reported that several expatriates from the United States have been victims of break ins in their homes and or apartments. 1. Primavera II 2. Parque Shambhla 3. San Miguel – gated community Sources indicate such items as computers and televisions have been stolen.
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elnuevoherald.com (Andres Oppenheimer) Correa’s landslide victory should not surprise anyone. On the contrary, it would have been weird to give a different result. That was my conclusion after interviewing a few days after the election to former Ecuadorean President Osvaldo Hurtado, who has just published a book entitled “Dictatorships of the century”, in obvious reference […]
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Merida, February 19th 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) –Vice-president Nicolas Maduro congratulated Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa for his “gigantic” victory in Ecuador’s presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday. Correa received 57% of the vote, achieving a strong lead ahead of the runner-up, banker Guillermo Lasso who got 24.06% of the vote. “We’re very happy, and we’ve communicated our […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Rebeca Gladys Castillo Vera, 37, died last Thursday when he was subjected to a liposuction clinic Cempa, at 33 and El Oro, the victim’s family complained. They indicated that the woman was admitted at 14:00 for the operation, but after five hours the doctor Jaime Penafiel Armando Aviles, along with his assistant, […]
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Two murders by gunfire recorded in less that 24 hours Cuenca Ecuador. Elcomercio.com reported that at about 09:00 on Friday February 22, the body of a woman was found with three shots in the Santa Ana-San Bartolomé, sector La Dolorosa, in the canton of Cuenca. The agents collected forensic evidence of the place and made […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Army Commander Marco Vera Rivers stepped down on Thursday because he did not agree with the prmotions of three colonels to generals with the permission of the Minister of Defence, María Fernanda Espinosa. The discomfort of Vera would have arisen after Gortaire Nicholas Padovani (concuñado chief of the Joint Command of the […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that in Loja Ecuador, Military members seized at a military control about one mile outside of Loja on road to Zamora. Loja Military seize explosives charge Members of the armed forces seized 726 explogel units, 1,800 detonators, capsules, 1,680 sticks of dynamite (of Bolivian origin) and 7,500 meters of safety fuse in Loja-Zamora […]
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miamiherald.com reported…………Many people are surprised by Rafael Correa’s sweeping victory in Sunday’s Ecuadorean presidential election, despite his government’s massive corruption scandals and his record of repression against the media and political opponents. But if you look closer, it shouldn’t be surprising at all. On the contrary, it would have been amazing if the result had […]
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Oem.com.mx reported the president reiterated he will not run for another term, even if AP or citizenship promoted a constitutional reform to afford. “If you want to change that system (authorizing reelection only once) I object, but if the majority will of the Ecuadorian people, they decide, I would not throw,” he said. He anticipated […]
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The neighborhood of the cooperative Los Nogales, next to Juan Eulogio sector, in Santo Domingo, was alarmed when he saw a mother bury her two unborn children in the backyard. Residents imagined that Mrs. killed them, but the reality was different. The alarm prompted the prosecutor and the police, which came last Tuesday night to […]
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Intelligence agents agree that in the country’s prisons, drugs, alcohol, weapons and cell phones are bought and sold by dealers networks run by mafias. These groups even vie for control of prisons, which leads to “strong govern disputes in the halls.” The researchers do not rule out that the facts of violence in the country […]
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A Mario G., 47 years, two policemen waited near the polling station where he would vote. The relatives of the arrested said that the military was with the mother of one of his four children. He was then transferred in handcuffs to the Provisional Detention Center of Quito (CDP). Jairo A. (30 years) said that […]
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Glenn Sanderse and expatriate from Canada was found dead on February 20, 2013, at his real estate office in Vilcabamba Ecuador. He was age 53. It is believed that he had been dead for several days and initial signs were that he had been beaten and his throat slashed. Police are now conducting an investigation. […]
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Bananaleaks.com reported that on January 28, 2013, it was knocked offline by a terrorist cyber attack. While the site was restored and it was then again attacked. They established a new site at bananaleaks.co. and claim most of their original reporting material was also placed back online. They allege that their Twitter account was also […]
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Bananaleaks.co reported that Pedro Delgado (Correa’s Cousin) Delgado who until December 2012 was the president of the Central Bank of Ecuador who resigned to press reports could not refute. He was denounced for fraud but his cousin the President (Correa) helped him escape and is now a fugitive in Miami requesting political asylum. Ecuador’s Prosecutor […]
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New rules are aspiring migrants to return to Ecuador and bring their household goods. The National Customs Service (Senae) set limits to determine who can access the system and those that do not apply to the benefit of tax exemptions. Customs officials determine that condition based on a table that sets the time periods outside […]
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Correa pledges land distribution, media clamp but also mining law to attract investors According to mercopress.com, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, 49, vowed to press ahead with laws to control the media and redistribute land to the poor as he looks to deepen his revolution after a resounding Sunday re-election victory. Correa has already been in […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Kevin Mitnick, a former expirate computer American who was jailed for hacking into organizations like the FBI, whose agents ………. is now a senior consultant and keeper of Sunday’s presidential elections in Ecuador. Mitnick, 49, became the most wanted pirate in his country, where he was imprisoned between 1995 and 2000 to […]
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The pollster Cedatos, authorized by the National Electoral Council to work, threw a landslide victory for Rafael Correa. The exit poll study established that Correa achieved 61.5% of the vote compared to 20.9% of Lasso. Celebrates The president and from the banquet hall of the presidential palace. For official results will have to wait until […]
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Lanacion.com.ar reported that shortly after taking office, in 2007, marked them as the enemy. “Wild beasts”, they struck. “We will take action because this is an abuse,” he said. It was the first attack of the long war that Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, held against the private media, an offense that will deepen for four […]
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According to lanacion.com.ar, analysts polled by the NATION agree that was a bit flat and confrontational campaign. “It seems that the strategy of opponents was: Correa is a candidate well positioned, has a high acceptance, social policies generate broad support. Us be careful in how we face it. This undoubtedly benefited the president” said Farith […]
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An article in the guardian.co.uk reports Rafael Correa is far ahead of his nearest rival in Sunday’s presidential election in Ecuador, and expected to easily win another four-year presidential term. It’s not hard to see why. Unemployment fell to 4.1% by the end of last year – a record low for at least 25 years. […]
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According to Eluniverso.com, air travelers from different cities of the country are concerned that the change from Mariscal Sucre Airport from northern Quito to rural Tababela represent them more time and more money. In some cases, users of Nueva Loja, even thought it would be better to travel by bus, which would take the same […]
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Up to 491 patients were treated at the Emergency Hospital Isidro Ayora Loja and during the holiday, with no reports of problems as it was known in the nursing home. Mariana Hurtado, emergency area nurse, said, “In those days there were no major contingencies, there were no critical patients, but cases had alcohol poisoning and […]
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A partnership between the governor of Azuay, Police, Fire Brigade, Red Cross, Armed Forces, Ministry of Health, Department of Risk Management, Ministry of Tourism and Ministry ECU-911 Transportation allowed a contingency plan to run five days of Carnival holidays in the province of Azuay (southern Andes). With this operation, was deployed a contingent of 1,593 […]
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Staff Department of Arms Control of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces seized 53 firearms of various calibers in operations that were conducted in three provinces during the carnival festivities. Military actions were launched on major thoroughfares and second order of Cotopaxi, Pichincha and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, where in addition to 56 […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that The closure of the existing airport Mariscal Sucre, February 19, at 19:00, and the opening of the new airport in Tababela (northeast of the city), the 20th, at 09:00, will cause cancellations and delays both domestic and international flights. LAN, in a statement, called on its customers to take precautions due to […]
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The rains have been merciless with the capital lojana damage and every day more and more concern to families. They poke each morning, when the waters are down flow. According to the Department of Risk Management, 22 points are detected and are considered as vulnerable this winter. Of these, in the La Banda, in the […]
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According to Eluniverso.com, Dengue cases continue to rise in the country, according to figures released in the latest epidemiological bulletin published by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and collecting cases until the fifth week of 2013 so far. Only between 29 January and 5 February this year there were 486 new patients, of whom two […]
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elpais.com reported that on the streets of the capital of Ecuador is not much atmosphere breathes elections. And yet, within a couple of days a man can become the leader who has accumulated more power in recent decades. On Thursday closed an election campaign in which the pace of the topics under discussion and, above […]
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Ricardo Camacho, a security expert said in an interview with Radio Centro, the question we must ask is: “Who is in control in prisons: the State or the people who are deprived of their liberty?. Thing happened in the Leakage of the Rock is an alert to know that in Ecuador who controls the state […]
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Report that escapees are members of the gang Los Choneros , major search areas: Daule, Perimetral, León Febres Cordero (Aurora) y Samborondón hoy.com.ec reported that the Ministry of the Interior announced on the escape produced on Monday 11 February, around 19h30, a group of 19 prisoners detained in the high security prison “The Rock”, escaped […]
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It is considered the shelter of one of the greatest biodiversity on the planet and the last two people in voluntary isolation: the Tagaeri and taromenane. Today we remember the Day of the Ecuadorian Amazon. However, this area is surrounded by conflicts and risks to species and native populations. According to its proponents, timber traffic […]
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El Unviverso.com reported that this past Saturday, February 9, 2013, there were three reported assaults and robberies at Cerro Santa Ana, in the center of Guayaquil. The first assault was when Roberto Rivera denounced Semiglia and was walking with his friend Christian Tapia to his vehicle when two armed men intercepted them to steal. Two […]
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A driver reported to authorities that while driving an ambulance for Omni Hospital he was assaulted and robbed by unknown individuals according to eluniverso.com. The express kidnapping happend at 16:30 hours last Friday when the driver was in the area of Avenida Americas, near the convention center. A gray vehicle intercepted the ambulance and at […]
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SALON.COM REPORTED: In January 2009, Correa reactivated hundreds of mining permits and granted foreign companies access to indigenous territory and resources in any projects he deemed “in the national interest.” All of this occurred just before the start of the Mining World Fair in Ontario, where Correa administration officials told the gathered, “In Ecuador, large-scale […]
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elnuevoempresario.com reported that the director of the National Institute of Organ Donation and Transplantation, INDOT, Diana Almeida, said the country has increased citizens who voluntarily agree to donate an organ to save a life. This act of solidarity is an achievement of the validity of the Law on Donation and Transplantation of organs, tissues and […]
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According to proceso.com.do in a study conducted by Elizabeth J. Zechmaeister, a Vanderbilt professor in charge of the survey that is conducted every two years, told me that the percentage of victims of corruption in the region rose in 2012, but that trend is not uniform across countries. “The countries that made up the regional […]
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Living in Ecuador may be source of asthma and allergies by increased exposure to UV rays According to somospacientes.com,People living in Ecuador could have a significantly higher risk of developing asthma and allergies. And not only by the greater range of allergens consistent with equatorial climates, but mainly by the increased exposure to ultraviolet B […]
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Red List is on the world map. Alarm signal. It is the fourth Latin American country that emits more mercury worldwide. We surpass Colombia, Bolivia and Peru reported by elunivers.com. Is Ecuador, nation dispersed annually 50 tons of mercury only for artisanal gold mining. The International Watch Mercury presented in Geneva in mid-January, an overall […]
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avn.info.ve reported that during the last six years in Ecuador have decreased poverty-related diseases, such as tuberculosis and malaria through health prevention policies, tracking cases and economic growth of Ecuadorian families. Senplades revealed that out of 100,000 inhabitants, 3.3 died from tuberculosis in 2011, in contrast to 7.8 annual deaths were recorded in 2001. For […]
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ElcomercioRecom source: Recomendations to prevent being robbed after leaving a bankn: – If you are removing a large amount of money from the bank, do not do it alone. It is advisable to ask the National Police guard and accompanied by more than three people. – Avoid withdrawing cash from the banking agencies. Make transfers […]
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Heavy rains on Friday night increased river flow Yanuncay Barabón sector (Cuenca). Cuenca firefighters arrived, around 13:00, the place to inspect the houses that are at risk because of its proximity to the river. However, while two families were evacuated as a precaution, to friends’ houses, the river level dropped and are not in danger. […]
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Some of the decorative hood CityMall , north of the city, fell to the floor yesterday and injured two people passing through the area. As Edison Lima and her daughter, Valeria Lima, were identified those affected, who, according to reports of the Fire Department, had no serious injuries. The incident occurred at 16:00 and caused […]
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One night and early morning of terror lived, between Thursday and yesterday, residents of some neighborhoods lojanos by floods and landslides that brought down three houses, in the area of San Cayetano Low (northeast of the city). Eight families were affected by this disaster. Over five hours of despair and helplessness experienced the inhabitants of […]
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Miguel Angel Ortiz Campaign, concierge, 58, was killed yesterday while trying to help the Korean citizen Yao Mins according to eluniverso.com. Three subjects on board a motorcycle shot her at the intersection of the avenues and Shirys Republic of Salvador, presumably to steal the money wore. The violent incident occurred about 12:00 yesterday. Witnesses said […]
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